SCPH scPharmaceuticals Inc

PROPOSAL ONE - ELEC TION OF DIRECTORS

Number of Directors; Board Structure

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the number of our directors shall be fixed from time to time by a resolution of the majority of our board of directors. Immediately prior to the Annual Meeting our board of directors will consist of nine members. Our board of directors is divided into three staggered classes of directors as nearly equal in number as possible. One class is elected each year at the annual meeting of stockholders for a term of three years. The term of the Class II directors expires at the Annual Meeting. The term of the Class III directors expires at the 2020 annual meeting and the term of the Class I directors expires at the 2021 annual meeting. After the initial terms expire, directors are expected to be elected to hold office for a three-year term or until the election and qualification of their successors in office.

The following presents our current directors, their respective term on the board of directors, ages and positions as of April 25, 2019:

Nominees

Based on the recommendation of the nominating and corporate governance committee of our board of directors, our board of directors has nominated Mette Kirstine Agger, Mason Freeman, M.D., and Minnie Baylor-Henry for election as directors each to serve for a three-year term ending at the 2022 annual meeting or until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Mette Kirstine Agger, Mason Freeman, M.D., and Minnie Baylor-Henry are current members of our board of directors.

Unless you direct otherwise through your proxy voting instructions, the persons named as proxies will vote all proxies received “for” the election of each nominee. If any nominee is unable or unwilling to serve at the time of the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies may vote for a substitute nominee chosen by the present board of directors. In the alternative, the proxies may vote only for the remaining nominees, leaving a vacancy on the board of directors. The board of directors may fill such vacancy at a later date or reduce the size of the board of directors. We have no reason to believe that any of the nominees will be unwilling or unable to serve if elected as a director.

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Recommendation of th e Board of Directors

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE NOMINEES NAMED BELOW.

The biographies of each of the nominees and continuing directors below contain information regarding each such person's service as a director, business experience, public director positions held currently or at any time during the last five years and the experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills that caused the nominating and corporate governance committee to determine that the person should serve as a director of the Company. In addition to the information presented below regarding each such person's specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led the board of directors and its nominating and corporate governance committee to the conclusion that he or she should serve as a director, we also believe that each of our directors has a reputation for integrity, honesty and adherence to high ethical standards. Each of our directors has demonstrated business acumen and an ability to exercise sound judgment, as well as a commitment of service to our Company and our board of directors. Finally, we value our directors' experience in relevant areas of business management and on other boards of directors and board committees.

Our corporate governance guidelines also dictate that a majority of the board of directors be comprised of independent directors whom the board of directors has determined have no material relationship with the Company and who are otherwise “independent” directors under the published listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“ Nasdaq ”). The Company has determined that, with the exception of John H. Tucker, our president and chief executive officer, all of our other directors qualify as “independent” directors.

Nominees for Election as Class II Directors for a Th ree-Year Term

Mette Kirstine Agger  has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2014. Since 2009, Ms. Agger has served as a managing partner of Lundbeckfonden Ventures, a life science venture fund. Prior to that, Ms. Agger co-founded 7TM Pharma A/S, a biotech company engaged in therapeutic drug discovery and development, in 2000, and served as its chief executive officer from founding to 2009. Prior to founding 7TM Pharma, Ms. Agger was part of the management team of NeuroSearch A/S, a drug research and development company. Ms. Agger serves on numerous boards of both in private and public companies, including Klifo, a pharmaceutical consulting company, Cydan Development, an orphan drug startup accelerator, Imara, a sickle cell disease focused drug company, Psioxus, an immuno-oncolytic virus company, Thesan Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company focused on skin disorder therapies, Trevi Therapeutics, a late-stage clinical development company, and Veloxis, an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company. Ms. Agger graduated with an M.Sc. in Biology from the University of Copenhagen and has an M.B.A. from Henley Business School University of Reading. We believe Ms. Agger is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her industry experience, intellectual property knowledge and her experience of serving on the board of directors for several biopharmaceutical and medtech companies.

Mason Freeman, M.D. has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2018. Dr. Mason is a venture partner at 5AM Ventures, a life science focused investment firm, which he joined initially as scientific advisor in 2007. He is Chief of the Lipid Metabolism Unit and director of the Translational Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), as well as a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Prior to this, Dr. Freeman was head of the Novartis translational medicine program for cardiovascular & metabolic diseases as well as global head of biomarker development. Dr. Freeman currently serves on the board at Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, the scientific advisory boards of Homology Medicines, Inc., and Mitobridge, Inc., a biotechnology company that was acquired by Astellas Pharma Inc. in January 2018. Dr. Freeman previously served as clinical advisor to Relypsa, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on polymer therapeutics and was a director of Envoy Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that was acquired by Takeda. Dr. Freeman holds a B.A. from Harvard College and M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. We believe Dr. Freeman is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his industry experience, medical and clinical knowledge, and his experience of serving on the board of directors and scientific advisory board for several biopharmaceutical companies.

Minnie Baylor-Henry has served as a member of our board of directors since July 2018. Ms. Baylor-Henry is the President of B-Henry & Associates, a consulting firm focused on providing regulatory and compliance strategy services to life sciences companies. Prior to assuming her current role, she was the Worldwide Vice-President for Regulatory Affairs for Johnson & Johnson’s Medical Devices & Diagnostics where she was directly responsible for coordinating the regulatory strategy for the approval of a wide portfolio of products globally, ranging from contact

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lens to sterilization products. Prior to that Ms. Baylor-Henry was a National Dire ctor for Regulatory & Capital Markets Consulting at Deloitte & Touche and before that worked for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Ms. Baylor-Henry is recognized as a leader in the area of food and drug laws , and regulations and is a frequent spea ker on food and drug law topics . She has rec eived numerous awards and recognitions in this area. Ms. Baylor-Henry received her Pharmacy degree from Howard University’s College of Pharmacy and her law degree from Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law .  We believe Ms. Baylor-Henry is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her industry experience and her regulatory knowledge.

Class III Directors Continuing in Office

John H. Tucker  has been our Chief Executive Officer since January 2017 and has also served on our board of directors since that time. Prior to that, from 2016 to 2017, Mr. Tucker served as chief executive officer of Algal Scientific. Before Algal Scientific, from 2014 to 2016, Mr. Tucker served as chief executive officer of Alcresta, a developer of enzyme-based products for patients with acute and chronic diseases. Prior to Alcresta, from late 2013 to April 2014 Nelson Bach U.S., Mr. Tucker, Mr. Tucker worked at Nelson Bach U.S. as chief executive officer of its North American business. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president and chief commercial officer of Incline Therapeutics, a hospital-focused specialty pharmaceutical company, from 2012 until the company was purchased by The Medicines Company in January of 2013. Mr. Tucker continued in his role at The Medicines Company through the transition into late 2013. Mr. Tucker joined Incline from AMAG Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company developing products that treat adults with iron deficiency anemia, where he was senior vice president, Commercial Operations in 2012. Prior to AMAG Pharmaceuticals, from 2007 to 2011, Mr. Tucker served as president, U.S. Operations at Basilea Pharmaceuticals, a multinational specialty biopharmaceutical company. Prior to Basilea, from 2002 to 2007, Mr. Tucker was executive vice president, Sales and Marketing at Indevus Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company. Mr. Tucker also previously served at ALZA, a global pharmaceutical company, and at Johnson & Johnson, including as senior director of trade relations, government sales and senior care. Mr. Tucker holds a B.A. from Plymouth State College and an M.B.A. from New Hampshire College. We believe Mr. Tucker is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive and broad range of experience in business and healthcare product development, including previous experience growing companies in the pharmaceutical industry.

Jack A. Khattar  has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2016 and as Chairman of our board of directors since November 2017. Mr. Khattar founded Supernus Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:SUPN) in 2005, and has served as its president, chief executive officer, secretary and director since then. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Khattar served in various positions during that time as a board member, president and chief executive officer of Shire Laboratories Inc., the drug delivery subsidiary of Shire plc. From 1999 to 2004, he also served as a member of Shire plc’s Executive Committee. Prior to that, Mr. Khattar served as an executive officer and the chairman of the Management Committee at CIMA Labs Inc., a drug delivery company where he was also responsible for business development, corporate alliances and strategic planning. Prior to joining CIMA in 1995, Mr. Khattar held several marketing and business development positions at Merck & Co., Novartis, Playtex and Kodak in various locations, including the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Khattar served on the board of Rockville Economic Development, Inc. from 2003 until 2013. He currently serves on the board of directors of Prevacus, Inc., a privately-held development stage biotechnology company. Mr. Khattar earned his degrees in Marketing with a B.B.A. from American University of Beirut and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. We believe that Mr. Khattar’s leadership, executive, managerial, business and pharmaceutical company experience, along with his more than 25 years of industry experience in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products and drug delivery technologies, qualify him to be a director.

Klaus Veitinger, M.D., Ph.D.  has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2017. Dr. Veitinger has served as a Venture Partner with OrbiMed since 2007. During his prior 16-year pharmaceutical career, Dr. Veitinger held senior management positions in drug development, licensing and business development, strategic planning and M&A, as well as general management. Most recently Dr. Veitinger was a Member of the Executive Board of Schwarz Pharma AG and the Chief Executive Officer of Schwarz Pharma Inc. with responsibility for the U.S. and Asia businesses culminating in the ultimate sale of the Schwarz Group. Dr. Veitinger has served on the boards of public companies and currently serves on the boards of several private companies in the life sciences sector. For seven years he was a Director of PhRMA. Dr. Veitinger received his medical degree and his doctorate (Ph.D.) from the University of Heidelberg. He earned his M.B.A. at INSEAD in France. We believe that Dr. Veitinger is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his management and investment experience in the life sciences sector and medical and scientific background.

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Class I Directors C on tinuing in Office

Dorothy Coleman  has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2015. Ms. Coleman has been the executive vice president and chief financial officer for Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and its parent corporation, The Lifetime Healthcare Companies, each a health insurance provider, since 2011. Before that, from 2009 to 2011, Ms. Coleman was chief financial officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island. Ms. Coleman holds certified public accountant licenses in New York and Arizona. She has a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Phoenix. She received her M.B.A. from the University of Rochester Simon School of Business. We believe Ms. Coleman is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her financial expertise, industry experience and her experience working with insurance providers.

Frederick Hudson has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2018. Mr. Hudson retired as a partner in charge of the health care audit practice for the Washington-Baltimore business unit of the accounting firm of KPMG, LLP on January 1, 2006, after a 37-year career with the firm. From 2014 to 2019, Mr. Hudson was a director, audit committee chair, and a member of the compensation committee of Aradigm Corporation. Currently he is a director and audit committee chair of Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He also has recently served in a board capacity with the Board of Financial Administration of the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, with the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Historical Society, and as director and audit committee chair of Educate, Inc., Woodhaven Holding Corporation and Paradigm Management Services, LLC, among others. He is vice-chair and finance committee chair of the Board of Directors of GBMC Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliate, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc. Mr. Hudson received a B.S. in Accounting from Loyola University Maryland and is a Certified Public Accountant (retired). We believe that Mr. Hudson’s extensive accounting and health care audit experience qualify him to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Leonard D. Schaeffer  has served as a member of our board of directors since 2014. He has served as a partner of North Bristol Partners LLC, a privately held consulting company, since 2006. From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Schaeffer served as the chairman of the Board of Surgical Care Affiliates, LLC, then a privately held company operating a national network of ambulatory surgical centers and surgical hospitals. Mr. Schaeffer formerly served as chairman of the board of WellPoint, Inc. (now Anthem, Inc.), then the largest health insurance company in the United States, chairman and chief executive officer of WellPoint Health Networks Inc. and chairman and chief executive officer of Blue Cross California and as a director of Allergan, Inc., a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company, from 1993 to 2011, and as a director of Amgen, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company, from 2004 to 2013. Mr. Schaeffer now serves on the boards of Walgreens Boots Alliance, a publicly traded pharmaceutical manufacturing, wholesale and distribution holding company. While serving in the federal government from 1978 to 1980, Mr. Schaeffer was Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration (now CMS) and was responsible for the United States Medicare and Medicaid programs. Mr. Schaeffer was named the Judge Widney Professor and Chair at the University of Southern California in 2007 and serves on the boards of the Brookings Institution, the RAND Corporation, the University of Southern California, and on the Board of Fellows of Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Mr. Schaeffer earned his A.B. in Economics from Princeton University. We believe that Mr. Schaeffer is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his industry experience and his decades long track record of serving in leadership positions on various boards.

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See the section of this Proxy Statement Captioned “ - Class II I Directors Continuing in Office ” for Mr. Tucker’s biography.

Rachael Nokes  joined scPharmaceuticals in September 2014 and is currently our Senior Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer. Most recently, from 2009 to 2014, Ms. Nokes served as Director of Accounting at BG Medicine, then a publicly held medical device company. Prior to that, from 2001 to 2009, she served in various accounting and finance positions at BG Medicine.  From 1998 to 2001, Ms. Nokes held accounting and finance positions at Corning Lasertron and Oak Industries (acquired by Corning). Prior to Oak Industries, Ms. Nokes was an auditor at PriceWaterhouse LLP (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP). Ms. Nokes holds a B.S. in Accounting from Boston College and an M.S. in Finance from Bentley University.

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CORPORATE G OVERNANCE

Meetings of the Board of Directors

Our board of directors held six regular meetings in 2018. During their respective terms of service, each director attended at least 75% of all meetings of the board of directors and the committees on which they then served, which were held during 2018, except for Ms. Coleman who did not attend two meetings of the board of directors and one meeting of the audit committee. Under our corporate governance guidelines, directors are expected to be active and engaged in discharging their duties and to keep themselves informed about our business and operations. Directors are also expected to attend our annual meetings of stockholders, all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the committees on which they serve.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

We are committed to the highest standards of integrity and ethics in the way we conduct our business. Our board of directors adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, which applies to our directors, officers and employees, including our chief executive officer and our other executive and senior officers. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics establishes our policies and expectations with respect to a wide range of business conduct, including the preparation and maintenance of our financial and accounting information, our compliance with laws, and possible conflicts of interest.

Under our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, each of our directors and employees is required to report suspected or actual violations to the extent permitted by law. In addition, we have adopted separate procedures concerning the receipt and investigations of complaints relating to accounting or audit matters. These procedures have been adopted by the board of directors and are administered by our audit committee.

A current copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is posted on the Corporate Governance section of our website, which is located at www.scpharmaceuticals.com . If we make any substantive amendments to, or grant any waivers from, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for any officer or director, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our website or in a current report on Form 8-K.

Policy on Trading, Pledging and Hedging of Company Stock

Certain transactions in our securities (such as purchases and sales of publicly traded put and call options, and short sales) create a heightened compliance risk or could create the appearance of misalignment between management and stockholders. In addition, securities held in a margin account or pledged as collateral may be sold without consent if the owner fails to meet a margin call or defaults on the loan, thus creating the risk that a sale may occur at a time when an officer or director is aware of material, non-public information or otherwise is not permitted to trade in Company securities. Our insider trading policy expressly prohibits short sales and, without prior approval, derivative transactions of our stock by our executive officers, directors and specified other employees and their respective affiliates, purchases or sales of puts, calls or other derivative securities of the Company or any derivative securities that provide the economic equivalent of ownership of any of our securities or an opportunity, direct or indirect, to profit from any change in the value of our securities, or other hedging transactions. In addition, our insider trading policy expressly prohibits our executive officers, directors and specified other employees and their respective affiliates from borrowing against Company securities held in a margin account, or, without prior approval, pledging our securities as collateral for a loan.

Independence of the Board of Directors

Consistent with our corporate governance guidelines and Nasdaq rules, our board of directors has determined that, as of the date of this Proxy Statement, all of the members of our board of directors excluding John H. Tucker, our president and chief executive officer, are “independent”. In addition, all members of the audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees, satisfy the applicable independence criteria of the SEC and Nasdaq.

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Iden tifying and Evaluat ing Director Nominees

The board of directors is responsible for selecting its own members. The board of directors delegates the selection and nomination process to the nominating and corporate governance committee, with the expectation that other members of the board of directors, and management, will be requested to take part in the process as appropriate.

Generally, the nominating and corporate governance committee identifies candidates for director nominees in consultation with management, through the use of search firms or other advisors, through the recommendations submitted by stockholders or through such other methods as the nominating and corporate governance committee deems to be helpful to identify candidates. Once candidates have been identified, the nominating and corporate governance committee confirms that the candidates meet all of the minimum qualifications for director nominees established by the nominating and corporate governance committee. The nominating and corporate governance committee may gather information about the candidates in connection with its evaluation of a director candidate, including through candidate interviews, inquiry of the person or persons making the recommendation or nomination, engagement of an outside search firm, or reliance on the knowledge of the members of the nominating and corporate governance committee, the board of directors or management. The nominating and corporate governance committee then meets as a group to discuss and evaluate the qualities and skills of each candidate, both on an individual basis and taking into account the overall composition and needs of the board of directors. Based on the results of the evaluation process, the nominating and corporate governance committee recommends candidates for the board of directors' approval as director nominees for election to the board of directors.

Minimum Qualifications

The nominating and corporate governance committee will consider, among other things, the following qualifications, skills and attributes when recommending candidates for the selection as nominees for the board of directors and as candidates for appointment to the board of directors' committees. Each nominee shall have high standards of personal and professional ethics and integrity, shall have proven achievement and competence in the nominee's field and the ability to exercise sound business judgment, shall have skills that are complementary to those of the existing board of directors, shall have the ability to assist and support management and make significant contributions to the Company's success and shall have an understanding of the fiduciary responsibilities that is required of a member of the board of directors and the commitment of time and energy necessary to diligently carry out those responsibilities. The nominating and corporate governance committee also recommends candidates to the board of directors for appointment to the committees of the board of directors. Once appropriate candidates have been identified, the entire board of directors votes on the candidates for appointment to the respective committees.

In evaluating proposed director candidates, the nominating and corporate governance committee will consider, in addition to the minimum qualifications and other criteria for board of directors membership approved by the board of directors from time to time, the current size and composition of the Board and the needs of the board of directors and the respective committees of the board of directors, such factors as character, integrity, judgment, diversity, independence, skills, education, expertise, business acumen, business experience, length of service, understanding of the Company's business and industry, other commitments and the like and any other factors that the nominating and corporate governance committee may consider appropriate.

Stockholder Recommendations

Stockholders may submit recommendations for director candidates to the nominating and corporate governance committee by sending the individual's name and qualifications to our Corporate Secretary at scPharmaceuticals Inc., 2400 District Ave., Suite 310, Burlington, MA 01803, who will forward all recommendations to the nominating and corporate governance committee. The nominating and corporate governance committee will evaluate any candidates recommended by stockholders against the same criteria and pursuant to the same policies and procedures applicable to the evaluation of candidates proposed by directors or management.

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Stockholder C ommunications

The board of directors provides to every stockholder the ability to communicate with the board of directors, as a whole, and with individual directors on the board of directors through an established process for stockholder communication. For a stockholder communication directed to the board of directors as a whole, stockholders may send such communication to the attention of the Chair of the Board of Directors via U.S. Mail or Expedited Delivery Service to: scPharmaceuticals Inc., 2400 District Ave., Suite 310, Burlington, MA 01803, Attn: Chair of the Board of Directors.

For a stockholder communication directed to an individual director in his capacity as a member of the board of directors, stockholders may send such communication to the attention of the individual director via U.S. Mail or Expedited Delivery Service to: scPharmaceuticals Inc., 2400 District Ave., Suite 310, Burlington, MA 01803, Attn: [Name of Individual Director].

We will forward by U.S. Mail any such stockholder communication to each director, and the Chair of the Board in his capacity as a representative of the board of directors, to whom such stockholder communication is addressed to the address specified by each such director and the Chair of the Board, unless there are safety or security concerns that mitigate against further transmission.

Board Leadership Structure and Board's Role in Risk Oversight

Currently, the role of chairman of the board is separated from the role of chief executive officer, and we plan to keep these roles separated. We believe that separating these positions allows our chief executive officer to focus on our day-to-day business, while allowing the chairman of the board to lead the board of directors in its fundamental role of providing advice to and independent oversight of management. Our board of directors recognizes the time, effort and energy that the chief executive officer is required to devote to his position in the current business environment, as well as the commitment required to serve as our chairman, particularly as the board of directors' oversight responsibilities continue to grow. While our bylaws and corporate governance guidelines do not require that our chairman and chief executive officer positions be separate, our board of directors believes that having separate positions is the appropriate leadership structure for us at this time and demonstrates our commitment to good corporate governance.

Risk is inherent with every business, and how well a business manages risk can ultimately determine its success. We face a number of risks, including risks relating to our financial condition, development and commercialization activities, operations, strategic direction and intellectual property as more fully discussed under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Management is responsible for the day-to-day management of risks we face, while our board of directors, as a whole and through its committees, has responsibility for the oversight of risk management. In its risk oversight role, our board of directors has the responsibility to satisfy itself that the risk management processes designed and implemented by management are adequate and functioning as designed.

Our board of directors oversees the management of risks inherent in the operation of our business and the implementation of our business strategies. Our board of directors performs this oversight role by using several different levels of review. In connection with its reviews of the operations and corporate functions of our Company, our board of directors addresses the primary risks associated with those operations and corporate functions. In addition, our board of directors reviews the risks associated with our Company's business strategies periodically throughout the year as part of its consideration of undertaking any such business strategies.

Each of our board committees also oversees the management of our Company's risk that falls within the committee's areas of responsibility. In performing this function, each committee has full access to management, as well as the ability to engage advisors. In connection with its risk management role, our audit committee meets privately with representatives from our independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee oversees the operation of our risk management program, including the identification of the primary risks associated with our business and periodic updates to such risks, and reports to our board of directors regarding these activities.

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Risks Related to Compensat ion Policies and Practices

In establishing and reviewing our compensation philosophy and programs, we consider whether such programs encourage unnecessary or excessive risk taking. We believe that our executive compensation program does not encourage excessive or unnecessary risk taking. This is primarily due to the fact that our compensation programs are designed to encourage our executive officers and other employees to remain focused on both short-term and long-term strategic goals. As a result, we do not believe that our compensation programs are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on us.

Board Committees

Our board of directors has three standing committees: an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee, each of which has the composition and responsibilities described below. The audit committee, compensation committee and nominating and corporate governance committee all operate under charters reviewed annually by the respective committees and approved by our board of directors (copies of which can be found on our website by visiting www.scpharmaceuticals.com and under “Corporate Governance”).

Audit Committee

Mr. Hudson, Ms. Coleman and Ms. Baylor-Henry serve on the audit committee, which is chaired by Mr. Hudson. Our board of directors has determined that each member of the audit committee is “independent” for audit committee purposes as that term is defined in the applicable SEC and Nasdaq rules, and each audit committee member has sufficient knowledge in financial and auditing matters to serve on the audit committee. Our board of directors has designated Mr. Hudson as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the applicable rules of the SEC. The audit committee held four meetings during 2018. The audit committee’s responsibilities include:

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Compensation Committee

Mr. Khattar, Ms. Agger and Mr. Schaeffer serve on our compensation committee, which is chaired by Mr. Khattar. Our board of directors has determined that each member of the compensation committee is “independent” as defined in the applicable Nasdaq rules. The compensation committee held four meetings during 2018. The compensation committee’s responsibilities include:

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Dr. Veitinger, Dr. Freeman and Ms. Agger serve on our nominating and corporate governance committee, which is chaired by Dr. Veitinger. Our board of directors has determined that each member of the nominating and corporate governance committee is “independent” as defined in the applicable SEC and Nasdaq rules. The nominating and corporate governance committee held no meetings during 2018 and took action three (3) times by unanimous written consent. The nominating and corporate governance committee’s responsibilities include:

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Our board of directors may from time to t ime establish other committees.

Director Compensation

The following table provides information for the year ended December 31, 2018, regarding all compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to each person who served as a non-employee member of our board of directors during any portion of that year. Other than as set forth in the table and described more fully below, we did not pay any compensation, make any equity awards or non-equity awards to, or pay any other compensation to any of the non-employee members of our board of directors in 2018. Mr. Tucker, who is also our president and chief executive officer, receives no compensation for his service as director, and the compensation received by Mr. Tucker as an employee during 2018 is presented in the 2018 Summary Compensation Table below.

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Our board of directors adopted a non-employee director compensation policy that is designed to provide a total compensation package that enables us to attract and retain, on a long-term basis, highly-qualified non-employee directors. Under the policy, all non-employee directors are paid cash compensation as set forth below.

In addition, upon initial election to our board of directors, each non-employee director will be granted 12,248 options on the date of such director’s election or appointment to the board of directors, which will vest in the following manner, subject to continued service through such vesting date(s): 33% shall vest on the first anniversary of grant, and the remainder shall vest in equal monthly installments over the following two years. On the date of each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders, each non-employee director who is re-elected to the board at such meeting will be granted 6,124 options, which shall vest in full upon the earlier to occur of the first anniversary of the date of grant or the date of the next annual meeting. All such options will be granted at fair market value on the date of grant.

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PROPOSAL TWO - RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
O UR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The audit committee has appointed RSM US LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm to perform the audit of our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. The Company is asking our stockholders to ratify the audit committee’s selection of RSM US LLP as our independent auditors for the 2019 fiscal year. RSM US LLP has audited our financial statements for the fiscal years 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

The audit committee annually reviews the independent registered public accounting firm's independence, including reviewing all relationships between the independent registered public accounting firm and our Company and any disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of our independent registered public accounting firm, and the independent registered public accounting firm's performance. As a matter of good corporate governance, the board of directors determined to submit to stockholders for ratification the appointment of RSM US LLP. A majority of the votes properly cast is required in order to ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP. In the event that a majority of the votes properly cast do not ratify this appointment of RSM US LLP, the audit committee will consider this factor when making any determinations regarding RSM US LLP.

We expect that a representative of RSM US LLP will attend the Annual Meeting and the representative will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she so chooses. The representative will also be available to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders.

Policy on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

In connection with our initial public offering in 2017, we adopted a policy under which the audit committee is directly responsible for pre-approving all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services.

In addition, in the event time constraints require pre-approval prior to the audit committee's next scheduled meeting, the audit committee has authorized its chairman to pre-approve services. Engagements so pre-approved are to be reported to the audit committee at its next scheduled meeting.

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Audit Fees.     Audit fees consist of fees billed for the audit of our annual financial statements and the review of the interim financial statements .

Audit-Related Fees.     Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for services that are normally provided in connection with registration statements.

Tax Fees.     Consist of aggregate fees for tax compliance and tax advice, including the review and preparation of our various jurisdictions' income tax returns.

The audit committee pre-approved all services performed since the pre-approval policy was adopted.

Recommendation of the Board of Directors

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF RSM US LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2019.

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